Border wall barrier to Dems’ dreams

Technology is helpful to detect and arrest illegal aliens crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, says an advocate for immigration enforcement, but it cannot replace physical barriers that stop their progress.

As the partial government shutdown continues into a third week, both President Donald Trump and Democratic leaders are digging in their heels over funding a border wall, a key promise of Trump’s 2016 campaign but a boogey man to Democrats who want to stop him from achieving that goal.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have claimed they support night vision cameras and sensors along the border rather than a physical barrier.

Pelosi, meanwhile, made headlines in recent weeks by calling a border wall “immoral” then, in past days, described it as an “immorality between countries.”

Republicans, however, have pointed out that liberal Democrats voted for a 2006 bill that poured millions into a border fence, and talk radio and Twitter have been asking if supporting that border fence was an “immoral” vote, too.

Meanwhile, footage of Schumer defending U.S. sovereignty and referring to illegals as “illegal aliens” — now considered a derogatory term to far-left activists — has materialized as well as the border battle heats up.

Ira Mehlman, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, says Democrats object to a wall because it clashes with their progressive vision of an open border.

Their claims to push technlogy are suspect, he says, because those measures fail to keep illegals from stepping onto U.S. property.

“A wall actually does,” he insists. “And we’ve seen evidence of that around San Diego with the caravan that came up from Central America. Most of the people remained on the other side of the border because there is a wall there.”

Mehlman likens the idea of technology to a home security system but says a border barrier is much like an old-fashioned lock on the door.

“If you had to choose between locks on the doors and windows, and censors on the doors and windows,” he observes, “I think most people would choose the locks.”

What any new border barrier will look like, if it ever happens, is up in the air: Trump has stated in recent days that steel fencing — “steel slat barriers” — would be suitable, and that idea is being mocked by Democrats over his campaign promise of a concrete wall.

According to The Daily Caller, however, Trump is listening to the advice of Border Patrol leaders who have shown him prototypes of border structures. The most suitable structure depends on the terrain, flooding, and if the area if a favorite for illegal entry, the story explained.

As far as the Democrats mocking the idea of a wall, Mehlman says walls might be a medieval idea but they have worked for thousands of years.

“The wheel’s been around for a long time but it works,” he says, “and so does the wall.”

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I have the perfect set of border invader repellers: Chuck and Nancy, one look at those two and anyone trying to cross that border would run screaming ‘further S,’ and would be asking Guatemala, or any place outside the U.S., for “Sanctuary!”

A wall can’t be unplugged, it can’t be sent home, it can’t have it’s ROE changed it can’t be turned off, defunded or demoralized.
A wall IS.
It works without human impute, without human communication, without conscience, with out malice or predjudice.
A wall works without fatigue, without electricity, without supervision, without politicians.
Put simply, Walls work.

Wish Trump had used it in his speech as it is virtually impossible for anyone to rationally argue against such a simple tried & true method of barring unauthorized entry.

Great wall of China still stands as example of effective barrier without need of a multitude of unreliable & costly high tech or human resources.

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ltuser

4:26 pm January 10, 2019 at 4:26 pm

Just look at how long Hadrians wall worked in England. OR the Manjot line worked in France.. What did the germans do? THEY WENT AROUND IT.

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thedove

8:18 pm January 10, 2019 at 8:18 pm

>> THEY WENT AROUND IT. <<

Yes, but that only worked because the French never thought to allow the Maginot line to face anywhere but Germany. So, once the Germans got behind the wall, it was game over. The Maginot line didn't fail to meet expectations because it was a bad idea, but because it was poorly designed.

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ltuser

11:43 pm January 10, 2019 at 11:43 pm

My point exactly. HAD they taken the ‘line’ all the way from coast to coast, to wall out germany getting around it, then it would have done it’s job.

People who cross the border are highly likely to find their way into the population. If detained, they get a court appearance which usually schedules another court appearance. The vast majority disappear before the second court appearance. On the other hand, a barrier is highly likely to prevent entry. So the choice is between a process that is highly ineffective against a choice that is highly effective. I go for the wall

Ituser, believe the Maginot line was intended as fortification after WW1 for French soldiers to man as needed & force German infantry to go around it in event of another invasion. French just did not anticipate a mechanized army in the form of the German armored tanks blitzkrieg blasting thru the natural barrier of the Ardennes forest.

So, if we can just get wall built everywhere possible along border, I’m not much worried about the angry militant migrants using armored tanks to go around it to force their way in here. Not yet anyway.

I think we should make a few small walls only. On them have hang millions of coupons for free stuff found in places the immigrants are coming from.
Let the US government subsidize the restaurants and stores for the free stuff coupons. Lot cheaper than building a huge wall.

They need a constant flow of parasites on public assistance to stay viable. In hopes of a Commie President eventually granting Amnesty. Giving them permanent control. That’s what this is all about.
Stop this NOW, Deport and build the WALL. Or say goodbye to this country as we know it.

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